And then, I stopped!

I took a walk today

a distant winter sun

left the day

bleak

and old snow lay

lifeless

crumpled and dull

like a dirty sheet

resolutely

I strode

head down 

purposeful

driven

 

and then

I stopped

 

there in the mud of the road

I stopped

and breathed

 

and I began to sink

into the depths of the earth

 

and as my feet

slowly became rooted

in the stuff of creation

 

I saw swirling in the breeze

a hawk

felt the crisp air

as it brought life

through breath

 

I saw the mountains

looming

dark sentinals

watching over 

the winding waters below

 

I heard the creek laughing

through stone and ice

 

I felt my heart

my breath

my life pound through my head

 

and I knew